Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-30
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In recent bulletin, Prof. Sanborn gives
the result of recent feeding tests with pigs:
He finds that for pound of grain q large
hog, weighing $50 pounds say, req uires
twice as much food as one that weighs
fifty pounds, and that in general the cost
of pound of growth, instead of being
less after $50 pounds is reached, as is gen
orally believed in, is always greater. Hav-
ing shown that the simple maintenance
ration of 120-pound shoat may be less
than per cent. of its weight, the tests
prove that q slight advance upon this
amount of foed makes comparatively
smaller increase of weight than where
sufficient food is given TO make pound or
little more day. That is, it is economy
to feed young pigs up to that limit. The
food needed for this growth is less than
that needed for pure maintenance, and,
therefore, the economy of quick fattening.
The daily growth increases up to weight
OF $50 to 200 pounds, and the cost Of q
pounds growth increases with size until
maturity, after which this cost increases
most rapidly. Continuous growth up to
the limit of a pound a day is better than
to having examining periods. The sum of
the matter is that it is most profitable to
market pigs young, and that every shoat
over eight or nine months old should be
banishea. In regard to specific foods it
appears that skimmilk and meals are the
most effective rations fed, that middlings
is the best single food, and that cob meal,
when the cobs are finely ground, are as
efficient foed as clear corn meal.
Intelligent Hosses.
G. A. Clarkson writes: A vicious or
stupid colt can never be educated to be q
valuable horse. Without intelligence he
will always be sluggish, and will never
have an attachment to his MASTER. nor
manifest any disposition to obey and
serve him as a pleasure. Most intelligent
horses are naturally docile, or can easily
be trained to be kind, reliable, and even
affectionate. Breeders of horses should
look to the native intellect of the mare
and stallion with as close scrutiny as
they examine their pedigrees. Once make
an intelligent colt or horse believe that his
owner and trainer is his best friend, there
will be little or no trouble in training
him, or in trusting him in all emergencies.
It is true there are cases where very INTEL
ligent horses are vicious and always
dangerous. In some cases this is owing to
the way they were treated early in life.
Others are always vicious and dangerous
to trust under any circumstances. In
most cases this is inherited and the breeder
should investigate the question Of DISPOSE
ton as we'll as intelligence. Never breed
to q horse which is vicious, dangerous, or
even disagreeable. A horse which. is
dangerous or treacherous to his groom no
matter how fine his form, how pure his
blood, or how great his ancestry, should
be taken out to the public commons and
shot. Thousands Of precious lives are
sacrificed to vicious stations and their
descendants. All other good qualities can
not redeem vicious disposition. Nor can
beautiful form overcome lack of intelli-
gence and sprightliness. Horse breeding is
one of the most prominent questions in
Iowa. and farmers and breeders, while
selecting Percheron, Clyde, Cleve-
land bay, an Engiish-d and especially
a French coacher, should select those Of a
mild, domestic disposition, with an intel
ligent and sprightly mind. A horse needs
intellect as we'll as man.